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Silesian-Lusatian Collection - former Silesia-Lusatian Cabinet - Items chosen for sponsored conservation

Hemerologion Silesiacum Vratislaviense 1612 r.
[call number: Ya 100]

Codex has 540 pages of 20 x 32 cm. Printed on fabric sheet. Block sewed with five twined tires. Hard cover, cardboard covered with light pigskin with blind embosses. Small part of upper headband and straps in back cover preserved.

Item in bad condition. Dirty cards in first and last quires – tears on spine, folded corners. Grain dirty and dry, with wanes in lower and upper part.

Cost of conservation: 122 h x 100,- /h = 12.200 PLN
Cost of materials, performing fdk, odk and fascicule: 425,- PLN

Overall cost of conservation: 12.625,- PLN.


Der Breslauer Erzähler Vol.18 containing III and IV quarters of the year 1808
[call number: Yw 110/18]

18th volume consist of 826 pages and 26 copperplates. Cards of 11 x 16 cm. Print on fabric sheet. Spine of block cut, sewed with three twines. Hard cover, no spine.

Item in good condition. Dirty upper edges. Sewing loosened. Endpapers from colorful machine’s paper. Binding worn out on corners, edges, mirror (original marble). No headbands.

Cost of conservation: 50 h x 50,-/h = 2.500,- PLN
Cost of materials, performing fdk, odk: 90,- PLN

Overall cost of conservation: 2.590,- PLN.


Der Breslauer Erzähler Vol.19 containing I and II quarters of the year 1809
[call number: Yw 110/19]

19th volume consists of 416 pages and 26 copperplates. Cards of 11 x 18 cm. Print on fabric sheet. Spine of block cut, sewed with three twines. Hard cover, part of spine preserved.

Item in good condition. Dirty upper edges of cards, folded corners. Endpapers from colorful machine’s paper. Binding worn out on corners, edges, mirror (original marble). No headbands. Part of spine with label preserved.

Cost of conservation: 50 h x 50,-/h = 2.500,- PLN
Cost of materials, performing fdk, odk: 90,- PLN

Overall cost of conservation: 2.590,- PLN.


Der Breslauer Erzähler Vol. 20 containing III and IV quarters of the year 1809
[call number: Yw 110/20]

20th volume consists of 824 pages and 26 copperplates. Block of 11 x 18 cm. Print on fabric sheet. Spine of block cut, sewed with three twines. Hard cover, no spine.

Item in good condition. Dirty upper edges of cards. Sewing loosened. Endpapers from colorful machine’s paper. Binding worn out on corners, edges, and mirror.

Cost of conservation: 60 h x 50,-/h = 3.000,- PLN
Cost of materials, performing fdk, odk: 100,- PLN

Overall cost of conservation: 3,100,- PLN.


Adressbuch von Breslau und Umgebung 1896 r.
[call number: Ye 156 a]

Year book consists of 1644 pages of 15 x 24 cm. Print on machine’s paper. Hard linen cover with embosses.

Item in good condition. Dirty upper edges of cards, folded corners, small tears in margins. Endpapers from colorful machine’s paper – printed. Linen worn out and dirty. Back cover and spine separated from block. No headbands.

Cost of conservation: 50 h x 50,-/h = 2.500,- PLN
Cost of materials, performing fdk, odk: 90,- PLN

Overall cost of conservation 2.590,- PLN.